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Real estate has become lawsuit-happy, and it’s killing our credibility

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Real estate leaders can either keep fighting for control or start working to lift each other, and the industry, higher, Josh Ries writes. Continue reading →

Finish 2025 strong by checking these 10 to-dos off your list

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Lori Muller provides 10 steps you can take right now to close out Q4 with momentum and enter 2026 prepared, positioned and powerful. Continue reading →

What Tom Ferry’s latest poll reveals about the future-focused agent

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Troy Palmquist looks at Tom Ferry’s recent Instagram survey of his followers’ 2026 predictions and what they might mean for your business. Continue reading →

Housing recession? K-shaped trends? The dollars and ‘sense’ of today’s economy

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This week on The Download, Inman reporters break down the late-2025 economic trends affecting your clients and your real estate business. Continue reading →

Yes, the current market is brutal, but ‘boomsday’ is on the way

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Boomsday isn’t a fantasy, Oliver Graf writes. It’s what happens when years of pent-up demand hit a turning point. And that point is coming soon. Continue reading →

5 magic phrases that help real estate agents close more deals

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These five simple phrases from Jimmy Burgess have helped countless agents win more listings, close more buyers and lead to more cooperative transactions with other agents. Continue reading →

How to audit your brand like a marketing pro

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Alyssa Stalker offers a simple step-by-step process to help agents evaluate their brand, find what’s out of sync and realign their message with who they are now. Continue reading →

Sign, show and sell: The open house playbook that actually works

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In-person events build trust faster than any online ad, coach Darryl Davis writes. When your systems, signage and service are dialed in, that trust becomes traction. Continue reading →

How deepfakes, AI slop, fake digital staging are deceiving the market

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Become a digitally literate consumer when you engage in protecting yourself and others from misinformation and lies, security expert Robert Siciliano writes. Continue reading →

Learn everything, be curious and show up to succeed in real estate

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Find out how luxury broker Alison Melton traded skyscrapers for Spanish moss — and discovered that Southern charm might just be the new definition of luxury real estate. Continue reading →